What’s Ahead for America’s Housing Recovery, School Segregation, and More

Power-sharing in Afghanistan, how affluent parents influence resource allocation, and lessons on housing markets from the Great Recession.

View in browser March 30, 2021 What the Great Recession can teach us about the post-pandemic housing market   With millions of Americans struggling to keep a roof over their heads, it is difficult to overstate the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on housing markets. Sarah Crump and Jenny Schuetz take a look at several measures of housing distress from 2007 to 2019 for six metro areas to assess how America's housing market may recover from the COVID-induced recession.   Read more How privileged parents contribute to school segregation   Every parent wants what is best for their kids. But can the ways privileged parents decide what is "best" lead to segregation and resource hoarding? In a new report, Vanessa Williamson, Jackson Gode, and Hao Sun analyze how the behavior of upper-middle-class white parents living in the Washington, D.C. area reinforce segregation in the local school system.   Read more The Hail Mary of power-sharing in Afghanistan   "In a multi-ethnic nation such as Afghanistan where all other types of autocracy have failed, a democratic and decentralized system of governance is perhaps the only remaining option. It also may be the only idea that both Ghani and the Taliban could accept since neither truly considers the other legitimate," argue Michael E. O'Hanlon and Omar Sharifi.   Read more Help support Brookings with a donation   Brookings is committed to making its high-quality, independent policy research free to the public. Please consider making a contribution today to our Annual Fund to support our experts' work. The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brookings Institution campus in Washington, D.C. is currently closed and all events are virtual only. For more information on the Institution's response, read our full guidance here. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter preferences | Receive the Brookings Brief less often